[Diagnosis of meningococcal sepsis by real-time polymerase chain reaction]

Ugeskr Laeger. 2008 Sep 29;170(40):3152-4.
[Article in Danish]

Abstract

Approximately 100 cases of meningococcal disease are reported annually in Denmark; 90% of these cases are confirmed by culture and serological methods. Real-time PCR was introduced in Denmark in 2005 as a diagnostic tool for meningococcal disease. We hereby report the first notified case of meningococcal sepsis in Denmark where real-time PCR was the primary positive microbiological result.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • DNA, Bacterial / blood
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / diagnosis*
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / genetics
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / microbiology
  • Neisseria meningitidis / genetics
  • Neisseria meningitidis / isolation & purification
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sepsis / diagnosis*
  • Sepsis / genetics
  • Sepsis / microbiology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial